Who owns Nexcare?
Nexcare is owned by 3M (the United States, NYSE: MMM).[1]
Evidence: 3M Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- 3M Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Paul
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Consumer health › First aid & wound care › Bandages & wound care
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MMM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Nexcare
Nexcare is a 3M first aid and personal care brand with its own website, which promotes a thin and transparent acne patch among its products. The 3M consumer page lists bandages, braces and medical tape as products that help make people healthier and stronger, and presents Nexcare as one of its consumer brands.
How often 3M names Nexcare in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Nexcare
Where Nexcare sits in 3M
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by 3M
3M controls 6 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in bandages & wound care, and who owns them
The 20 brands in bandages & wound care on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is HARTMANN, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Atrauman | HARTMANN | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Biatain | Coloplast | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Aquacel | Convatec | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Allevyn | Smith+Nephew | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Hansaplast | Beiersdorf | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Pantinol Plus | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| Makiron | Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| JOBST | Essity | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
About the owner: 3M
3M is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Paul, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MMM.
Diversified industrial and consumer products company headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its consumer pages describe brands for the home and office, from tapes and adhesives to cleaning, air filtration and first aid products, sold alongside its safety, industrial and electronics businesses. Its former health care business is now Solventum, so brands from that division are not listed here.
🇺🇸 Nexcare and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Nexcare is not one of them.
- Advil — Haleon 🇬🇧
- Alka-Seltzer — Bayer 🇩🇪
- Band-Aid — Kenvue 🇺🇸
- Breathe Right — Prestige Consumer Healthcare 🇺🇸
- Bufferin (United States) — Genomma Lab 🇲🇽
- Doan's — Dr. Reddy's 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nexcare?
The parent company of Nexcare is 3M, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Nexcare American?
Yes. Nexcare originated in the United States and its owner, 3M, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Nexcare still owned by 3M?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Nexcare is still owned by 3M. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] 3M Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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